Improvement in clothes-driers



Letters Patent 110,110,551, 'aerea December 27,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLQTHESDRIERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Pat'ent and maidng part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that lI, Emmons B. Gonny, ofBloom! Similar lett-ers ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its 'object improvement iu clothes-driers wherebythey are rendered more elficient and convenient than those heretoforeknown; and l rlhe invention consists in the construction and arrangementoffparts las hereinafter described and as specilically stated in theclaim.

A is the back plate or frame," to which the other parts of the deviceare attached. To the lower part et' the plate or frame A isv attachedthebase-plate B. rlhe base-plateB is made in the form of a semicircle, andhas a downwardly-projecting flange, b', formed around its curved edge,said flange being again turned outward near its lower edge to form ashoulder to support the wire-G, by which the arms D are pivotcd to saidplate. y K

The iiange l1'- is slotted from its lower edge for the reception ofthearms D. The arms D are pivoted to the plate by the wire C, which passesthrough holes in the said arms D a little distance from their innerends, rests upon the shoulder formed in the said ange b', and its endsare riveted or otherwise secured to the plate A.

By this construction, when the arms D are lowered or extended, theirinner ends rest -againstthe under side of the plate B, as shown in redin iig. 2.

E is a scmicircula'r plat-e, which is made much smaller than the plateB, so that when the arms D are turned up they may lean against the plateE yand be thus supported in place.

The outer edge of the plate E is notched or slotted with the same numberof notches as the slots in the plate D, so that when the arms D areturned up they may enter the notches formed in the said-plate E, and maybe thus kept from interfering with each other while being raised andlowered.

lhe drier is supported upon thewall or other Vsupport by hangingtheplate A upon a nail `or hook attached to said wall or support, and itmay be kept from swinging by nails driven into the said wall orsupport'at the side or sides of said plate, or through holes or openingsformed therein.

When the arms D of the drier are extended theyv furnish a .large amountof drying surface, and when the said arms are folded or tamed up, thedrier occupies but very little' space, or, if desired. it' may be B.GORBY. Titnesses ALEX. F. ROBERTS, J AMES T. GRAHAM.

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EMMoNs B. oonBY, or BLooMFInID; NEW JERSEY.

